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BOTTLE WASHING MACHINE. No. 329,109. Patented 001;. 27, .1885

iUNliTED S'rarns PATENT FFlitlEQ' ALBERT RICHARD WEISS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BOTTLE WASHING iVlACHiN E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 329,109, dated October 27, 1885.

Application filed May 22, 1884. Serial No. 132,447. (No model.)

To CLZZ whom, it may concern:

Be .it known that I, ALBERT RICHARD \VEIss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, E. 1)., in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new'and useful Improvements in Bottle-Vashing Machines, of which the following is a specifica tion. v

This invention has forits obj ectsto provide to novel means for washing bottles, and it consists in the combination of devices hereinafter described and claimed, reference being made to the accompanying drawings,illustrating the invention, in which 1 Figure 1 is a plan or top view. Fig. 2 is a partial longitudinal vertical section. Fig. 3 is a side view on a smaller scale than in the previous figures. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the bottle-support, 85c.

2 Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

ihe letterAdesignates the machine-frame, on which are firmly secured two parallel bars, B B, forming the guides for slides O (D,which are connected together by a crosshead, O. I To this cross-head O is connected a shaft,D,which is a brush-shaft, and on which is mounted a bevel-gear, D, which meshes into a similar gear, D mounted on a shaft, E, which has its hearings in the slides (J O and constitutes a 0 driving medium.

One of the guide-bars B B is provided with rack-teeth, into which meshes a pinion, E, fixedly mounted on the driving-shaft E, and to one of the slides O 0 is c0nnected,by means of a rod, 0 aswinginglever, G in such a manner that when this lever is actuated the slides are moved to and fro on the guide-bars, carrying with them the brush-shaft D,while the pinion E at the same time travels upon the rack-bar 40 and thereby obtains a rotary motion, which, being transmitted to the brush-shaft by the bevel-gear D D", this shaft together with its brush obtains a compound rotary and longitudinally'reciprocating motion. The bevel- 5 wheel D of the driving-shaft E is loose,and is provided with a pawl, F, to engage a ratchetwheel, F, which is fixed to the shaft, so that this wheel shares, the motion of the drivingshaft in one direction but not in the other,

causing the brush-shaft D to preserve its mo tion while the brush is being withdrawn from the bottle due to the momentum of a flywheel, D*, mounted on the brush-shaft.

The brush-shaft D is arranged in a tubular support, G, on the machine-frame, and the brush D is mounted on the outer end there of-namely, the end opposite to the bevelwheel D. 1

Surrounding the brush-shaft D,at the outer end, is a nozzle, H, which is fitted into the outer end of the tubularsupport G, where the latter is enlarged for this purpose, and the inner diameter of which is larger than the diameter of the brush-shaft, leaving an annular space, H, between them. 6

From the tubular support G rises a tubular standard, I, the interior of which is enlarged on the upper part to form a water-supply chamber, 1, a threaded nipple, I", being formed opposite to this chamber for the attach 7 ment of a hose leading from a watersupply source. I

On the bottom of the supply-chamber I is seated a valve, J, the stem Jvof which eX- tends downward through the standard I and rests in a recess, H, in the shank of the nozzle. This recess H is inclined inwardly and downwardly from the outer end of the nozzle H, and it communicates with the annular space H between the nozzle and the brush-shaft through a lateral discharge-orifice, J, of the nozzle.

On the outer projecting portion of the nozzle H is coiled a spring, K, which acts thereon with a tendency to force it outward, and when the nozzle is allowed to follow the action of this spring the inner end of the recess H abuts against the valve-stem J, and the valve J is closed by its inherent gravity,thereby closing the outlet of the supply'chamber I, as shown in Fig. 2. When, however, the nozzle H is forced inward against the action of the spring K, the valve J is displaced by the action of the inclined recess H on the valve-stem J, and the water is permitted to 5 discharge from the supply-chamber I to the discharge-orifice J of the nozzle and thence to the annular space H, whence it escapes, and inasmuch as the nozzle may be forced inward by the bottle which is placed around the brush too D the latter is automatically supplied with water in the operation of the machine such position. i

the bottle.

Into the top of the water-supply chamber I is fitted a tubular head, K through which passes a tube, K,which is a medium for rinsing the bottle after it has been exposed to the action of the scouring-brush. This tube K is closed at the lower end by aflange, A, and is provided with inlet-orifices K near such end,while on its upper part is coiled a spring, K to act thereon with a tendency to force it upward, thereby bringing its inlet orifices into the tubular head K and supporting it in On the tube K is formed a shoulder, K, to support the bottle, this shoulder being also the part on which the spring K acts, and when the bottle is placed on the shoulder the tube is forced downward against the action of the spring a sufficient distance to expose the inlet-orifices K to the water-supply chamber, and the Water thus being permitted to escape the tube is automatically supplied with Water.

The stop-flange A is formed as a screw-nut adapted to ascrew-thread on the lower end of the rinsing-tube, in order to permit the latter to be conveniently connected with the tubular head.

A scoop, N, attached to the nozzle H, and a fork, N,attached to the niachinefraine, jointly support the bottle while it is being exposed to the action of the scouring-brush. The length of the guide-bars B B is such in relation to the brush-shaft D that when the parts are moved to one extreme position the brush D is brought entirely Within the nozzle H, which'obviously facilitates the re-entrance of the brush into What I. claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is Y 1. A bottle-washing machine consisting of a tubular support, a nozzle carried thereby, a tubular standard rising therefrom and having a water-supply chamber, a rinsing-tube supplied with water from said chamber, a brushshaft reciprocating longitudinally and revolving in the tubular support, and a valve for supplying water from the Water-supply chamber to the nozzle of the tubular support, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the tubular support, i

the tubular nozzle sliding therein, the watersupply chamber, the valve in the lower part of the chamber having a stem acted on by the sliding nozzle, and the brush-shaft extending through the tubular support and the nozzle, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a tubular support, a nozzle sliding in one end thereof, a tubular standard rising from the support and provided with a water-supply chamber, a valve in the lower part of the standard controlled by the sliding nozzle, and a brushshaft reciprocating longitudinally and revolving in the tubular support, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with a tubular support, and a water-supply chamber, of a sliding nozzle in one end of the support, and'a brush-shaft reciprocating longitudinally and revolving in the tubular support and sliding nozzle, substantially as described.

5. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore described, of the guide-bars B B, one forming a rack, the slides O O of the guidebars, the cross-head connecting the slides, the brush-shaft D, connected to the cross-head, the driving-shaft E, gearing with the brushshaft, the pinion E of the driving-shaft meshing into the rack-bar, the swinging lever 0 and a connection between the lever and one of the slides.

6. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore described, with the brushshaft D, of the tubular support G, the nozzle H, fitted into the tubular support at its outer end, and constructed with the inclined recess H and lateral discharge-orifice J, the closing spring K of the nozzle, the tubular standard I, rising from the tubular support, and having the Water-supply chamber I formed in its upper part, the valve J, seated on the bottom of the supply-chamber, and the valve-stem resting in the recess of the nozzle.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT RICHARD WEISS. [n s.] Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, CHAS. WAHLERS. 

